Travelblog (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
La Ceiba 5 marzo 1990.Rumour has it that the honduran banks have allowed the lempira to flow which basically means that they will pay 4.50 lempira to the dollar the current black market rate.There were no banks in Puerto Cortes and there are none in La Ceiba so Peter and James had to take a bus to San Petro Sula hoping to change money there leaving me and Nora behind with our backpacks...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map La Ceiba, Bay Islands, Honduras This was the worst day on my entire trip. Derek and I took the bus from Tela to La Ceiba. Derek was in a rush to get to the Bay Islands which is a ferry ride from La Ceiba. I wanted to go river rafting so we had the taxi drop me off at a hotel in La Ceiba and then continue on to drop off Derek so he can...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map La Ceiba, Honduras Our last night on Utila is over. This morning we slept in until 8:30 to start packing and run some quick errands before checkout time. We purchased our ferry tickets back to La Ceiba, bought some poptarts and a banana for breakfast, and exchanged some more traveler's cheques for Lempira. Back at the Mango Inn we had an actual good...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map La Ceiba, Honduras Today we went river hiking and rock scrambling in the Rio Cangregal, aka the River of Crabs. It was brilliant! Our tour group was very small consisting of Aaron, me, Udo (one of the owners), Ryan (a river guide), Archie and Angeline (sisters from the US vacationing together.) After donning our lifevests and helmets and hiking down to the...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Utila 07 marzo 1990.We had to wait another day in La Ceiba due to a small tropical storm out at sea. Normally a small storm at sea should be no big problem to a plane but we039re flying with a small 8 seater.A little arid unpaved field is the landing and takeoff strip with half the little town watching the takeoff at the field039s side nice free entertainment I guess.The sky is a magnif
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Utlia, Honduras Today we had to leave Copan at 5.30am so we could get to La Ceiba for 4 to get the ferry to Utila. The bus journey was horrible because it was really cramped and hot, but at least we got to stop off at a beach on the way there. The beach was nice but i wouldnt say it was overly impressuve and we only got to stay there for 30 mins. We...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Situated about 9 clicks from La Ceiba the Jungle River Lodge is on the banks of the Rio Cangrejal surrounded by desnse rainforest on all sides. Rockie outcrops create natural pools and perfect cliff diving opportunities for guests. Although it's probably important to note that you should ask the guys who run the lodge first as they know the safe places to jump.La Ceiba is hailed as Central...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Utila, Honduras La Ceiba, 5 marzo 1990. Rumour has it that the honduran banks have allowed the lempira to flow which basically means that they will pay 4.50 lempira to the dollar, the current black market rate. There were no banks in Puerto Cortes and there are none in La Ceiba so Peter and James had to take a bus to San Petro Sula hoping to change...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Utila, Honduras Utila, 07 marzo 1990. We had to wait another day in La Ceiba due to a small tropical storm out at sea. Normally a small storm at sea should be no big problem to a plane but we`re flying with a small 8 seater. A little arid unpaved field is the landing- and take-off strip with half the little town watching the take-off at the field`s side, nice...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
... down and lacking charm. Definitely a skippable stop and I knew this but since it was in route to La Ceiba, I thought I would shorten the bus ride and check it out.
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
So Al here once againI am currently in La Ceiba Honduras. tomorrow morning we will be heading to the Bay Island in the Caribbean Sea.But more on that later.... As of the last update we were heading to Flores i think. To the TIKAL ancient Mayan ruins. This was an incredible day. The ruins were nothing short of awe inspiring. I cant really describe in a short blog something that took over a 100...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras We woke at 5am to catch the passenger ferry back to La Ceiba, where a connecting boat to Roatan was waiting. It took about 2.5 hours in total to reach the sandy shores of Roatan, where we shared a taxi ride with three others travelers to the beachside town of West End. We were dropped off outside the Coconut Beach Divers shop,...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map San Pedro Sula, Honduras After spending a mellow day and night yesterday at the Omega Lodge, recovering from our amazing rafting adventure, we awoke at 6am to pack our bags and have some breakfast before catching our taxi to the bus stop in La Ceiba. We managed to beat the crowds to the Hedman Alas station and easily scored tickets on the 10am bus to San Pedro...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
... lots of garbage and stray dogs. We flew into San Pedro Sula, Honduras and took a bus to La Ceiba. We stayed in a hotel in La Ceiba (see pics from the veranda). We got up early the next day to go to the ferry - leaving the hotel at 8am. when we arrived at the ferry dock, we were informed that the ferry was not leaving that day until 4pm. so we spent our day reading...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Copan, Honduras Leaving West End on Thursday afternoon, we were soon on the boat that would take us from Coxen Hole back to La Ceiba, on the mainland. The prospect of staying in La Ceiba for a night was not a particularly appealing one. We hadn´t found the town a very attractive place when we had previously visited on our stop over from San Pedro Sula...
